Sex differences in postsurgical skeletal muscle depletion after donation of living-donor liver transplantation, although minimal, should not be ignored
Abstract Background Donor safety is the top priority in living-donor liver transplantation. Splenic hypertrophy and platelet count decrease after donor surgery are reported to correlate with the extent of hepatectomy, but other aftereffects of donor surgeries are unclear. In this study, we evaluated...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-06-01
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Series: | BMC Surgery |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12893-020-00781-0 |